Athlete Quotes

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.

It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.

It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.

I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.

And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it's almost like it happened to somebody else.

A million years went by quick.

I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out.

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

You have to work hard at things.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

Nothing prepares a family for having multiple children at once.

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.

I really have to make sure that I'm staying true to who I am, and that I know my responsibilities to current N.B.A. players, to future N.B.A. players, to our past and retired N.B.A. Players.

I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

I don't know how many people feel strongly about what I do.

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

I am not a passenger in anything I do.

I am and always will be a leader.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Basketball used to be my top priority.

I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.